What to Know About the Clean Auto Rule: It’s Not a Ban on Gas Cars

The Biden administration’s new regulation limiting tailpipe emissions from cars and light trucks would transform the American automobile market, charting a course away from the internal combustion engine and toward a future of electric cars and hybrids. Here’s what to know about the measure. It’s a big deal in the fight against climate change In… Continue reading What to Know About the Clean Auto Rule: It’s Not a Ban on Gas Cars

New Rules Will Still Push Carmakers to Sell More Electric Cars

Even if clean air rules announced on Wednesday in Washington are less forceful than some environmentalists would have liked, they should still have a powerful effect on the kinds of cars appearing in showrooms over the next several years, experts said. The rules will amplify market forces pushing the industry toward battery power, giving automakers… Continue reading New Rules Will Still Push Carmakers to Sell More Electric Cars

How Waymo Driverless Cars Could Change Los Angeles

Los Angeles, to drivers, has never been for the faint of heart. A land where most cannot fathom life without wheels, it offers a daily parade of frustration: congestion, accidents, construction, road rage, tedium. Every transplant has a story about learning to adapt. “You get in the rhythm of matching everyone else’s energy,” said Tamara… Continue reading How Waymo Driverless Cars Could Change Los Angeles

U.S. Accuses Two Men of Stealing Tesla Trade Secrets

A Canadian man who lives in China was arrested Tuesday and held in New York after he and a business partner were accused of trying to sell secret battery manufacturing technology belonging to Tesla. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn asked a judge to hold Klaus Pflugbeil without bail on a charge of theft of trade secrets.… Continue reading U.S. Accuses Two Men of Stealing Tesla Trade Secrets

Foremost Group CEO Angela Chao was intoxicated during fatal car accident in Texas pond, police say

Angela Chao attends the AFI Awards Luncheon at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on January 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Frazer Harrison | Getty Images Foremost Group CEO Angela Chao was intoxicated when she accidentally drove her Tesla into a pond at a ranch she owned with her husband, venture capitalist… Continue reading Foremost Group CEO Angela Chao was intoxicated during fatal car accident in Texas pond, police say

TVS Motor Co to issue preferential bonus shares worth Rs 1,900 crore

TVS Motor Co’s board today approved the company’s plan to issue cumulative non-convertible redeemable preference shares (NCRPS) worth around Rs 1,900 crore as a bonus to its shareholders. Non-convertible redeemable preference share means a preference share that is redeemable but is not convertible into or exchangeable with equity shares of the issuer at a later… Continue reading TVS Motor Co to issue preferential bonus shares worth Rs 1,900 crore

JSW Group to produce locally manufactured battery cells in Orissa within 18-24 months

In order to make its new energy vehicles more competitive, JSW Group will be ready with its localised lithium-ion cells from its Orissa factory within 18-24 months. The Group is currently in talks with multiple potential partners and the cement to steel major is keen only on a technology tie-up and not an equity partnership.… Continue reading JSW Group to produce locally manufactured battery cells in Orissa within 18-24 months

Indians now hold majority share in JSW MG Motor India, JV to invest Rs 5000 crore in first phase

Indians hold a majority stake in the newly formed JSW M G Motor India – a joint venture between JSW Group and China’s largest car maker Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation’s British Brand MG Motor India. The Chairman of the joint entity will be from the JSW Group.  Announcing the operationalisation of the joint venture –… Continue reading Indians now hold majority share in JSW MG Motor India, JV to invest Rs 5000 crore in first phase

Transport Minister Gadkari proposes cutting GST on hybrid cars to 12%: Report

Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has urged the finance minister to reduce the goods and service tax on hybrid vehicles to 12 percent, as per media reports. Recently there have been reports that the government is considering a lower tax structure on hybrid vehicles – powered by a petrol engine and an… Continue reading Transport Minister Gadkari proposes cutting GST on hybrid cars to 12%: Report

Himadri Specialty Chemicals acquires stake in lithium-ion battery material startup Invati 

Himadri Speciality Chemical Limited (Himadri), a Kolkata-based specialty chemicals company, announced Wednesday that it has acquired a 40% stake in Invati Creations Private Limited (Invati) for Rs. 45.16 crore.  The deal involves a two-pronged approach. Himadri will infuse Rs 19.99 crore in Invati as growth capital, while the remaining Rs 25.17 crore will be settled through… Continue reading Himadri Specialty Chemicals acquires stake in lithium-ion battery material startup Invati